Rathbone genealogy

410 RA THBOXE GENEALOG Y.
profession to accept the cashiership of the Merchants and
Mechanics' Bank in the city of Troy, in 1827.
In 1829, he was made cashier of the Chemical Bank of
New York, where he removed with his family. Tn 1S29. he
was elected cashier of the Merchants and Mechanics' Bank of
Troy, X. Y.. upon which he resigned the cashiership of the
Chemical Bank and removed back to Troy, and entered upon
his new duties as cashier, which he continued to do until
1836, when he resigned and was succeeded by his son Charles
S. He retired from business at the age of fifty, ^ with unimpaired
mental and physical powers. He died, at his home in
Troy, April 19. iSs6; his widow survived him until Feb 2S
1869.
The will of Alanson Douglas, drawn by himself, was a
long and admirably written instrument, on its first publica-
tion excited much curiosity, and attracted the attention of
legal and financial circles. Among its provisions after providing
annuities for his brothers and sisters he left a bequest
of $100,000. to be equally divided among his nephews and
nieces in eight equal annual payments. He had six children:
1. Sutherland, b. Oct. 25, 1S04; m. Harriet L. Staples.
2. Mary Ann. b. Feb. 7. 1807; m. Hon. Samuel Miller.
3- George Henry, b. Sept. 13, 1809; d. at his father's house in
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Troy. N. Y.. Sept. 1. 1837: graduated from Vale in 1828, and received
his degree of master in 1835.
4. Charles Selden. b. Aug. 17. 1812; m. Sarah A. Hollister.
5. William Bradley, b. Dec. 26, 1818; m. Charlotte Cornelia
Dickens Ferris.
6. Julia, b. Sept. 17. 1823; m. George Merritt, a merchant in New
York city.
REV. SUTHERLAND* DOUGLAS (Alanson8 . Martha7 .
John 6 , Joshua"'. John 4 . John3 . John-! Richard 1
), born
in Lansingburg, N. Y.. Oct. 25, 1804. graduated from Yale
1825. He was ordained to the sacred ministry in the Protestant
Episcopal church in 1826; married Dec. 10. 1827. to
Harriet L.. daughter of Seth and Catherine \V. Staples of
New Haven. Conn. He was for a brief period settled. at
Georgetown. D. C. while there he received a call to St.
Paul's church, Rochester, N. Y., and entered on his duties
Nov. 23. following. He received priest's orders from Bishop
Hobart in St. John's church in the city of New York; of
naturally delicate constitution he was constrained
to seek health in foreign travel. Travel and rest